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SAMUEL VICTOR KORANTENG
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DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE/ GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL

(2019) JELR 91975 (CA)

Court of Appeal 16 Jan 2019 Ghana
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- The case involves Samuel Victor Koranteng, whose name was struck off from the Roll of Solicitors practicing in England and Wales, and subsequently from the Roll of Lawyers in Ghana by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Counci

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO H3/222/2017
Judges:ADJEI, J.A, AVRIL, J.A, TORKONOO, J.A
Other Citations:(2019) JELR 91900 (CA)

RULING

 ADJEI, J.A.

The attention of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal  Council was called to a publication made by the Law Gazette, a London based newspaper, dated 24th February, 2011 which stated that the name of Samuel Victor Koranteng had been struck off from the Roll of Solicitors practicing in England and Wales. The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council wrote to the said Samuel Victor Koranteng to offer an explanation to the findings made against him as a result of which his name was struck off the Roll of Solicitors practicing in England and Wales. He offered a detailed explanation as to his conviction and further indicated that he had appealed against the decision of the  Tribunal  in  England and Wales to the Administrative Court of the Royal Courts of Justice.

In this ruling, Samuel Victor Koranteng will be referred to as “the Respondent” and the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council as “the Applicant”.

The Respondent’s name was struck o…

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